Caroline Rodgers Journalist Editor in chief Ludwig Van Montréal
Boris Brott Artistic Director of l’Orchestre Classique de Montréal
Avida Livny, director
Mohammad Al-Sheikh, pianist
Avida Livny
Director
Avida Livny is a graduate of Tel Aviv University’s School of Film and Television and a director of documentary movies and series, including “Got to Move”, “There and Here”, “Whatever Happened to Moshe Gez” and the television series, “A Standard Love Song”.
Mohammad Al-Sheikh
Pianist
Mohammad Al-Sheikh was born in Russia. At the age of 9, he started to study the piano at the Barenboim Said Foundation music school in Ramallah. From 2013, he has been studying at the Magnificat Institute for Music in Jerusalem where he continues his studies with Emma Spitkovsky.
Mohammad has won prizes in many competitions including the grand-prix in the 2016 “International Concurso de Piano Villahermosa” in Mexico, the first prize at the “International Competition of Young Pianists dedicated to F. Chopin” 2016 in Estonia; the second prize at the Szafarnia F.Chopin International Piano Competition 2018 in Poland and the first prize at the Solange Jospé Voice of Music “Young Artists Competition” 2018 in Jerusalem.
